Hugh Jackman Retiring as Wolverine?

Actor also admits "we could have done better" on X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

By Max Nicholson

Over the years, Hugh Jackman has become synonymous with Logan and Wolverine, but could the actor soon be hanging up the claws?

Much like Robert Downey Jr. mulling over his own retirement as Iron Man, it sounds like Jackman is considering passing the mantle to a new actor. "I wasn't even sure after the first [stand-alone] film if I would do another," Jackman told EW. "I won't say never, because I'm still loving it. But there would have to be a pretty compelling reason."

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The actor also confessed that X-Men Origins: Wolverine fell short of his expectations. "I had something to prove, and we could have done better," he said. "Somehow the first Wolverine movie ended up looking like the fourth X-Men -- just with different characters. I left unsure if we'd achieved our goal, which was to make sure people understood my character."

Still, Jackman remains hopeful for Logan's latest outing in Japan, this summer's The Wolverine. "This movie will really get to his core," he continued. "So... Fingers crossed that we've done it this time. I'm pretty confident we have."

Of course, The Wolverine won't be the last we see of Jackman in the role. The actor is still set to appear in Bryan Singer's X-Men: Days of Future Past. And who knows, maybe a team-up with the old X-Men gang is just the thing to recharge Jackman's adamantium batteries.

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